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Purchase Protection

Amex has extended the period you can benefit from Purchase Protection from 90 to 120 days. Unfortunately, if you are a resident of New York, Indiana, Guam, Puerto Rico, or Northern Mariana Islands, your cover remains at 90 days. You can check to see if your terms and conditions have been updated for your specific card.

Extended Warranty

The Extended Warranty cover has been improved but will depend on the length of the manufacturer’s warranty.

If the original manufacturer’s warranty is less than 2 years, Amex will match the length of the warranty

If the original manufacturer’s warranty is between 2 and 5 years, Amex will boost your cover with an additional 2 years of warranty

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I always forget about this benefit though I luckily don’t have much opportunity to use it. Thanks for the reminder. If it is used, even one time, that can go a long way to offsetting the cost of the annual fee for these cards. (Along with the more commonly used travel benefits.

My experience with American Express Extended Warranty has been very positive.
I had a purchase break and had no recourse under the normal warranty channels. I called up American Express, and they honored their Extended Warranty!

I know this is old but I just wanted to check. If I decide to purchase extended warranty for my laptop (from the manufacturer), would Amex match that extended warranty as well or would it only match the original warranty that came with it? The following was mentioned in the document they have online under “Purchases Not Covered”:

“additional service contract or extended warranty coverage for a computer, computer component or part that You buy which already comes with an original United States of America, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands manufacturer’s and/or retailer’s
warranty, unless such coverage is provided and administered by the original manufacturer”.

This leads me to believe it will be covered, but whenever I call them up, I get the same guy I talked to the first time (3 times, what are the odds) and he keeps telling me it’s only the original manufacturer’s warranty. I even told him what the document states but he said he interpreted it in a different way, so I’m confused about this.

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